PPT-Christmas Persecution

What Can We Do About Abortion Sanctity of Life Sunday January 19 2014 Proverbs 241012 10 If you faint in the day of adversity your strength is small 11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter . buffaloeduinfopoland Much of our information on the early church . and persecution comes from Eusebius . He wrote Ecclesiastical History. Eusebius was a close friend of Constantine (emperor) and got permission to collect and write about the first 300 years of Church history. in the . EARLY CHURCH. PERSECUTION in the . EARLY CHURCH. “The blood of . the martyrs . is the seed . of the Church”. Tertullian. -Christians accused of cannibalism, perversion, and incest. -Christians used as. in the . EARLY CHURCH. PERSECUTION in the . EARLY CHURCH. “The blood of . the martyrs . is the seed . of the Church”. Tertullian. -Christians accused of cannibalism, perversion, and incest. -Christians used as. Living Above the Storms of . Criticism and Hatred. Overcoming Persecution. What is persecution?. Why Are We Persecuted?. How to Overcome Persecution:. Storing Your Joy in the right place. Avoiding the Distraction of Criticism. . . Paul and God’s care. Grade 4-5 Sunday-School Lesson. “. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? . Shall . tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword. in the . EARLY CHURCH. PERSECUTION in the . EARLY CHURCH. “The blood of . the martyrs . is the seed . of the Church”. Tertullian. -Christians accused of cannibalism, perversion, and incest. -Christians used as. FIVE GROUNDS OF PERSECUTION. RIGHTS OF REFUGEES. Presented by Boldizsár Nagy,. CEU Legal Department. 2012. The structure of the classes. Fundamental concepts - historic development before 1918. The formation of the international refugee regime and the foundations of the present system. Recognition to war. The Early Church . - Constantine - Crusades. Churches in 100 CE. Churches in 200 CE. Churches in 300 CE. Early Church Leaders/Teachers. Appeal of Christianity. Spread due to 5 main . Diocletian. Church enjoyed a relatively long period of peace after Decius and Valerian persecutions. Early in 4. th. century though, the last (Of the Roman Empire) and worst persecutions began to break out. A Great Persecution. Persecution is part of being a Christian,. 2 Tim. 3:12. Antioch, . Acts 13:50. Iconium. , . Acts 14:4, 5. Derbe. , . Acts 14:19. A Great Persecution. Let us be ready to face oppression. We wake this morning to a brand-new world..  . In the depths of the night,. amid toil and travail,. blood, sweat and tears,. Christ has been born..  . The biggest move God ever made.. Setting aside glory and magnitude and certainty,. Questions to be addressed in this chapter. Why were Christians persecuted in the early centuries after Christ?. How did Christians understand martyrdom?. How did the doctrine of the Church develop in response to the problem of apostasy?. Where We’ve Come From Week 1: Persecution in the Early Church, from the Apostles to Constantine Helpful Resources for Further Study Justo L. Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity , 2 volumes. Bruce Shelley,